THE SCARLET JAGUAR - final cover!

The Scarlet Jaguar artist Mark Sparacio has posted the final cover art! To say I'm pleased is an understatement.

More SCARLET JAGUAR progress!

Following up on the post from a few days ago, here is Mark Sparacio's third "in progress" photo of The Scarlet Jaguar!

New Pat Wildman news - THE SCARLET JAGUAR!

A couple weeks back on my author blog I announced the follow-up to The Evil in Pemberley House:

Announcing Pat Wildman in ... The Scarlet Jaguar! 

I'm pleased to announce that Meteor House has picked up my next novella, a Pat Wildman adventure which is a sequel to The Evil in Pemberley House (by Philip Jose Farmer and me).  

The Scarlet Jaguar will be out in July 2013 and is available for preorder now, direct from Meteor House. (The first 100 preorders also get a neat commemorative bookmark.) 

Fully authorized by Farmer's estate, the book will sport a cover by the accomplished Mark Sparacio, an artist with pulp creds who definitely knows his way around illustrating adventurous women! 

US $15.00
5×8 tpb, XXX pages
LIMITED EDITION
of ??? signed copies

Speaking of Mark, he's been posting progress shots of the cover over on Facebook, and I'm pleased to share them here:

Meteor House is taking preorders now!

Casting Call 2: The Evil in Pemberley House

Following up on Brad Mengel's original post, and my brief reply, on dream casting The Evil in Pemberley House:

Patricia Wildman: still down with Christina Hendricks.








Dr. James Clarke "Doc" Wildman (Patricia's father): Chris Hemsworth (minus the long hair & beard).









Adelaide Lupin (Patricia's mother): Eva Green.










The Dowager Duchess of Greystoke: I'm fine with Brad's suggestion of Dame Maggie Smith.








Richard Deguy: Richard Greene (since Phil Farmer said Deguy looked like Greene).










Carla Deguy/Ghost of Bess of Pemberley: Olivia Wilde.










Helen Benson (daughter of Mr. Benson and Ellen Patrick): Beau Garrett.








Dr. Augustus Moran: Michael Caine.

Wold Newton novel Evil in Pemberley House SOLD OUT!

The Wold Newton novel The Evil in in Pemberley House, by Philip Jose Farmer and, well, me, is sold out at the publisher.

There are two copies left in stock at Amazon.

Perhaps a few copies of the Trade and Limited editions at Camelot Books.

And that's pretty much it, except for copies, as they pop up, on eBay and ABE Books.

The daughter of "Doc Savage"--ahem--Doc Wildman... The Sherlockian mythos... A kick-ass cover by the incomparable Glen Orbik...

"Call now, supplies are limited!" and so forth. :-)

Casting Call : The Evil in Pemberley House

Brad Mengel is starting a neat little series of blog posts imagining the movie casts of his favorite books, and I'm honored he's started with The Evil in Pemberley House.

I am definitely down with his suggestions for Christina Hendricks as Patricia Wildman...
























...and Monica Belluci as Patricia's mother, Adelaide Lupin...









































... although I had originally envisioned Angelina Jolie for the role...



















I'll put together my own cast suggestions soon. Thanks Brad!

Warehouse find! Rare Pemberley House chapbook!

Due to a warehouse find at Subterranean Press, I'm pleased to make available several copies of the ultra-rare, out of print chapbook which accompanied the Limited Edition of the novel The Evil in Pemberley House.

The cover by Killer Keith Howell features the Doc Savage Coat of Arms, based on Philip José Farmer's written description in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, and supplemented with information from Farmer's private notes.

Chapbook contents:

An Expanded Pemberley House/Wold Newton Family graphic tree, which including SPOILERS from the novel

Notes on the Wildman [Savage] Coat of Arms by Philip José Farmer

Outline for the novel by Philip José Farmer

A timeline of key events in the novel by Win Scott Eckert

A "Creative Mythography" essay by Win Scott Eckert, about the research and writing of the novel and ensuring it remained in continuity with Farmer's other Wold Newtonian works, such as Tarzan Alive, the aforementioned Doc Savage, and The Adventure of the Peerless Peer

Info on how to order is on my Signed Books page (along with many other goodies). If you missed the chapbook the first time around, you probably want to act now, 'cause once they're gone, they're gone.

New review!

Sarah Covert over at She Never Slept.com has reviewed The Evil in Pemberley House!

Check it out, won't you please?

THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE Limited Edition still available?

Reposted from WinScottEckert.com, for anyone here who doesn't follow there:

I while back I noted that the limited edition of The Evil in Pemberley House had sold out. This is true, insofar as ordering direct from Subterranean Press is concerned.

However, I became aware today that Camelot Books appears to have some limited editions left in stock.

The limited edition features:

• chapbook cover art of the Doc Wildman [Doc Savage] Coat of Arms by Keith Howell
• novel endsheets feature a Pemberley House/Wold Newton Family tree
• chapbook features an expanded Pemberley House/Wold Newton Family tree, which including SPOILERS from the novel
• notes on the Wildman [Savage] Coat of Arms by Philip José Farmer
• outline for the novel by Philip José Farmer
• timeline of key events in the novel by Win Scott Eckert
• Wold Newtonian essay by Win Scott Eckert

If you're a reader of my Crossovers books (thank you!) and you haven't picked up Pemberley House, you're at least aware by now of the multitude of crossovers and references featured in the novel; so if crossovers are your thing, you're covered. ;-)

If adventure with a bit of sex tossed in are your thing... well, Phil Farmer and I have got you covered there as well (don't let Glen Orbik's gorgeous "girl running away from house" cover fool you on that count; Patricia Wildman, the daughter of a well-known bronze-hued pulp hero, undergoes more than her share of Gothic travails, but she also knows how to kick ass, and she does).

If I haven't convinced you yet, check out the reviews, and give the book a shot, if you haven't already done so.

Pemberley limited edition sold out

With a mixture of pleasure and wistfulness, I note that the limited edition of The Evil in Pemberley House is now sold out.

Trade editions still available, of course:
* Direct from Subterranean Press
* Amazon.com
* Barnes&Noble.com
* Tor.com
* Borders.com
* Camelot Books

THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE ltd ed half off in Subterranean Press eBay sale

Subterranean Press has listed several copies of the limited edition of The Evil in Pemberley House on their eBay store -- half price!

If you've been waiting to get a limited edition... you probably shouldn't wait much longer...

Brad Mengel reviews THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE

Brad Mengel, over at the Serial Vigilante Blog, has reviewed The Evil in Pemberley House.

Please check it out!

Green Man Review on THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE

Robert M. Tilendis over at the Green Man Review has some very nice things to say about The Evil in Pemberley House.

"This one is fun--a good, tight story, enough psychology to keep it interesting, villains galore, characters with eccentricities that only the English can manage gracefully, a rich context, and lots of sex."

Check out the complete review here!

Washington Times review of PEMBERLEY HOUSE...

"When super heroes are conflicted"...

Ron Capshaw at the Washington Times has reviewed The Evil in Pemberley House. Choice quotes include: "It is safe to say that Patricia Clarke Wildman has sufficient baggage before she ever sets foot in the Pemberley House of Jane Austen fame" and "'Pemberley' is clearly a love letter rescued from the grave by co-writer Win Scott Eckert to Farmer's aged fans. It is replete with interrelated heroes and perverted sex scenes."

Check out the complete review here, won't you?

The Evil in Pemberley House - Limited edition

I have a strong feeling that the Limited Edition of Subterranean Press' The Evil in Pemberley House (which includes a Wold Newton Family tree in the endsheets and a chapbook packed with bonus materials) is very close to selling out.

If anyone out there hasn't gotten a copy, and intends to, now is probably a very good time.

I'm just sayin'.

New Blog review of PEMBERLEY HOUSE...

...over at Singular Points, and I certainly can't complain about Charles Rutledge's overview of the book. Check it out, won't you?

THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE - author copies have arrived...

... and wow!

Upon removing the dust jacket, I see that the regular trade HC is bound in blue cloth, while the limited HC is bound in purple cloth. Very nice. For those readers who purchase the regular trade HC, that version has no Wold Newton Family tree chart on the end sheets. I've made the chart available at The Evil in Pemberley House website. Just scroll down the right navigation bar to THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE - FAMILY TREE. Note that this version of the chart is Spoiler-Free; it does not give away any of the novel's mysteries.

The Limited Edition HC has this very same Spoiler-Free family tree chart in the book's end sheets. The Chapbook that comes with the Limited Edition has the Spoilers version of the family tree on the inside front and back covers. I will not be making that version of the family tree chart available electronically, at least not for some time--you'll need to buy the Limited Edition for that. :-) From what I can tell, copies of the Limited Edition are going very quickly.

All in all, I'm incredibly pleased, and feel very lucky. It's a beautiful package all around.

THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE - shipping complete & 1st look at Limited Edition Chapbook cover

According to Subterranean Press, all individual, retail, and wholesale orders for The Evil in Pemberley House have shipped.

I have yet to receive my author copies, but Mike Croteau of The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page got his copy today, and kindly has provided a scan of the Limited Edition Chapbook cover, featuring the Doc Wildman ("Doc Savage") Coat of Arms as designed and described by Philip José Farmer in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (with a couple extra touches added from Phil's unpublished notes by yours truly) and lovingly rendered by Keith Howell.

Subterranean Press
Amazon.com

New interview online

Rias Nuninga, of the fantastic Philip José Farmer International Bibliography page, has kindly spent some time interviewing me about writing the novel The Evil in Pemberley House--which according to Subterranean Press will ship any day or week now...

Check out the interview here!

THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE about to ship

According to Subterranean Press, "The Evil in Pemberley House is completed and awaiting its turn in our shipping queue."

Getting excited!

Library Journal review of THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE

The folks over at Subterranean Press have noted that Library Journal has reviewed The Evil in Pemberley House, saying "this dark erotic novel mixes the gothic-horror format with pieces of Sherlockian mysteries as well as homages to Tarzan of Greystoke and the Doc Savage series."

Yep!

Pemberley House--full Booklist review

In the many novels of the Wold Newton series, the late Farmer proved fond of enhancing the "biographies" of famous literary characters, such as Verne's Phileas Fogg and Burroughs' Tarzan, with fanciful, "uncovered" details. Here, collaborating with sf colleague and Wold Newton enthusiast Eckert, he recounts the fate of Patricia Wildman, daughter of pulp fiction icon Doc Savage. When her parents are presumed dead in a plane crash, 22-year-old Patricia assuages her grief in a spate of short-lived, unfulfilling love affairs. Then surprising news arrives: Patricia is the sole heir to Pemberley House, the estate featured in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and she sets off immediately for England. Eager for the change of scenery, Patricia comes well prepared to meet her bawdy cousins and 103-year-old dowager aunt, still living at Pemberley, but is less prepared for the restless ghost still haunting the estate. Part pulp romance, part erotic thriller, Farmer and Eckert's yarn is a steamy, intriguing addition to Wold Newton lore.

- Carl Hays
(c) Booklist 2009

Booklist reviews THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE

The good folks over at Subterranean Press have posted a blurb from Booklist's review of The Evil in Pemberley House.

"Part pulp romance, part erotic thriller, Farmer and Eckert’s yarn is a steamy, intriguing addition to Wold Newton lore."

Golly!

Hi-rez version of Glen Orbik's cover for THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE, without cover text

Copyright (C) 2009 Glen Orbik.

The Evil in Pemberley House is due to ship from Subterranean Press in 2-3 weeks.

PEMBERLEY HOUSE - Key historical scene reenacted & shipping update!

Subterranean Press has announced that The Evil in Pemberley House is at the printer and expected to ship in 2-3 weeks.

That seems a good excuse as any to post these pictures of a scene of critical historical significance to the events in Pemberley House, the murder of Charles Augustus Milverton. The murderess is a major character in Pemberley House. Pictures taken at the Sherlock Holmes Museum, 221B Baker Street, London, 25 July 2009.